The custom of writing and asking for the first calligraphy of the spring has been a beautiful cultural feature for many generations. Legend has it that in the past, when students visited teacher Chu Van An, he often asked questions and talked to them. Through that, the teacher understood the thoughts, wishes, work, and life of each person.
When saying goodbye, the teacher personally wrote a word for each person corresponding to his/her comments or implicitly sent a motto for life and striving for that person. Whoever received the word considered it a treasure, bringing it home to hang in the most solemn place.
In 2025, the Spring Writing Ceremony will take place at Chu Van An Temple (Chi Linh City, Hai Duong) on February 5 (January 8) with activities such as: Writing Ceremony; Awarding outstanding students; Honoring businesses that accompany the Chi Linh City Education Promotion Fund (Hai Duong); Calligraphy exchange...
Writing the first stroke of the pen at the beginning of Spring means “writing, mind, intellect, career, and profession”. Therefore, writing the first stroke of the pen of the new year on an auspicious day is very important, symbolizing the new beginning of a new year of career, learning, and writing.
The Spring Writing Ceremony of At Ty 2025 is an opportunity for the people of the whole country in general, and the people of Chi Linh City (Hai Duong Province) in particular, to be more proud of the nation's tradition of studiousness; to honor and show gratitude to the eternal teacher and famous person Chu Van An, and at the same time to contribute to the preservation of intangible cultural heritage, so that this fine custom will forever exist in the flow of Vietnamese culture.
Teacher Chu Van An (1292 - 1370) whose given name was Linh Triet, his pen name was Tieu An, his posthumous name was Van Trinh, from Quang Liet village, Thanh Dam district (now Van village, Thanh Liet commune, Thanh Tri district, Hanoi city).
Teacher Chu Van An is a teacher of all time, an outstanding teacher of Vietnam. He devoted his whole life to teaching, with a humanistic educational philosophy, regardless of rich or poor, learning goes hand in hand with practice, lifelong learning to know, to work and contribute to society.
